What do seeds have to do with advanced computing systems?
Delta and Pine's ability to genetically turn
the reproductive system of seeds on and off
is analogous to a compiler's ability to
produce executable programs in an intellectually-encrypted
form, so that the software vendor can decide whether or not
to include source-code and other conceptual disclosure.

Programs distributed with source code are analogous to the
traditional seeds that contribute to a healthy and diverse world food
supply. Programs that are operationally disclosed (with source
code, etc.) will be adapted to local requirements, through
modification and sometimes cross-breeding with other
program source code. Each disclosed program contributes to the
knowledge base of individual users.
Not necessarily all users will modify the software, but even a
small fraction of the users doing this can and often will
improve or contribute to the knowledge base.

While there may be an API (applications program interface)
provided for software development, and this may satisfy
99% of the users, it is the very 1% of users it doesn't
satisfy, who are the ones ``thinking outside the box''
and therefore perhaps most apt to advance the state-of-the-art.
By shutting off access to that very small percentage of the
user-population, software barons have contributed to a situation
of intellectual stagnation outside their regimes.
In this way they have set the stage for shutting out
a certain amount of intellectual diversity.